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G. H. HYNE.

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NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE H. HYNE, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK.

SPINNING-TOP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 514,995, dated February 20, 1894.

Application filed Jul;r 18, 1892.

To all whom it may concern.:

Be it known that I, GEORGE H. HYNE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Rochester, in the county of Monroe and State of New York, have invented a Spinning-Top, of which the following is a speciication.

My invention is a toy and relates Vto improvements in spinning tops. The top being lheld in the hand and operated by a cord wound one or more 'times around a shaft and then drawn quickly away sets a driving wheel within a tin case in motion. The top is then placed upon any level surface. The driving wheel and tin case are tted with velvet or plush washers so arranged and cemented each on its part that when in contact with each other they hold the case fast to the driving wheel causing the whole combination to revolve as one solid piece of metal. I attain these objects by the mechanism illustrated the accompanying drawings in which- Figure l is a sectional View of the top showing the position of the shaft and driving Wheel when held suspended in the hand prior to being operated. The shoulder on the shaft resting on the bottom of tin case. Fig. 2 is also a sectional view of the top showing the velvet or plush washers in contact with each other when the top is in motion on any level surface. Fig. 3 is a perspective view and shows the manner in which the top is operated. Fig. 4 shows a top plan view disclosing the circular form of the top. Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout theseveral views.

A is the tin case.

B is the driving wheel.v

C is the shaft.

D E represent the shape of the two velvet or plush washers (Figs. l and 2).

G is the guide for the cord.

F is a shoulder on the shaft.

In Fig. 1 A is a hollow circular tin case. Within this tin case A, is a driving Wheel B supported firmly upon a shaft C which extends sans No. 440,424. (No model.)

When the top is placed on any level surq face with the driving wheel B in motion the tin case A instantly drops down bringing the nap of velvet washers D and E (see Fig. 2) in contact with each other. This causes the tin case A to holdl fast to the driving wheel B with which it revolves. The flangeG is fastened irmly to the shaft C and isa guide to keep the cord from slipping down on the tin case A.

Iwould state here that the shape of tin case may differ in regard to ornamental form. But the principle of the top is to remain the same.

What I claim as my invention, and wish to obtain by Letters Patent, is-

In a spinning top a shaft C, carrying near its upper end an annular projection G, rigid with the shaft, and having near its lower end a shoulder F, between these a driving wheel B, rigid with the shaft, a case A, loose upon the shaft, freely inclosing the driving wheel and extending below the shoulder; a pair of velvet washers, one of which is attached to the under surface of the top of the case 'and the other to the uppersurface of the driving wheel, said washers being adapted to frictionally engage and thereby rotate the case after the top has been set in motion, substantially as described.

I,GEORGE E. HYNE.

Witnesses:

JOSEPH S. HUNN, JOSEPH H. BUsH. 

